likely that you’re leptin resistant
—but you don’t have to appear
overweight to fall into this camp.
Accumulation of visceral fat (fat
stored in and around your organs)
is enough to promote hormonal
dysfunction, including leptin
resistance. We call these folks
“skinny fat”: not visibly
overweight, they still have an
unhealthy amount of body fat,
comparatively little muscle mass,
and a serious degree of hormonal
dysfunction, including out-of-
whack thyroid and reproductive
hormones.Leptin resistance is like a hormonal
conversation gone haywire. Normally, when
you’ve accumulated adequate body fat, your
fat cells send a message (via leptin) to your
brain that says, “Hey, we’ve got enough